Qualified for common-law while still legally married?

[bandwidth]

Can I sponsor my partner as common-law if he is still legally married to the spouse in Philippines?

Philippines doesn't have divorce.

 

[Haily_Isaiah]

Can I sponsor my partner as common-law if he is still legally married to the spouse in Philippines?

Philippines doesn't have divorce.

Hi I'm from Philippines. I dont know about that but there's a portion in the Sponsored Form (Principal Applicant Form) which your common law partner will fill up regarding his previous relations/marriage/common law so she will fill up those questions and she should attached the papers proving that the marriage was already null and void.

 

[taffy7]

Yes.. he don't have to be divorced for you to sponsor as common law.

 

[bigredmoose]

Yes.. he don't have to be divorced for you to sponsor as common law.

Agreed. You can be legally married and common-law married to another person.

 

[bandwidth]

Agreed. You can be legally married and common-law married to another person.

I wonder if someone have done that before. I consulted an immigration lawyer the other day and he is not sure if the situation is qualified to be common-law marriage.

 

[taffy7]

I wonder if someone have done that before. I consulted an immigration lawyer the other day and he is not sure if the situation is qualified to be common-law marriage.

Your consult was a waste of time if he didn't know that answer ... You have to live with your partner for 12 months and then you are common law .It doesn't matter even if both of your are still married. You just can't marry each other

 

[bigredmoose]

Your consult was a waste of time if he didn't know that answer ... You have to live with your partner for 12 months and then you are common law .It doesn't matter even if both of your are still married. You just can't marry each other

I hate to sound like a broken record, but agreed. Your lawyer is a shmuck.

 

[bandwidth]

I hate to sound like a broken record, but agreed. Your lawyer is a shmuck.

I thought that too! Thanks guys for the input!

 

[scylla]

I wonder if someone have done that before. I consulted an immigration lawyer the other day and he is not sure if the situation is qualified to be common-law marriage.

Lots of people here have done it successfully. Immigration lawyer doesn't know what he's talking about - ditch him.